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Topic: Negotiating a Salary in Today’s Nonprofit Market

Duration: 20 minutes


Summary: Are you looking for a new nonprofit job and having trouble figuring out what your salary range should be in today’s tough job market? This webinar will review the 5 basic steps on how to do just that.

Participants will learn: The DO’s and DON’T’s of negotiating a salary when seeking new employment. This webinar covers the 5 basic steps along with how to communicate your desired salary range with the potential employer.

Who should attend: Nonprofit Professionals and Corporate professionals looking to transition into the nonprofit sector

Course Level: Intermediate

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Presenter: Michelle Shell

About the Author
Michelle “Chelle” Shell has worked in management for over 14 years in positions ranging from recruitment to public relations. In her current role as Client Development Manager for Opportunity Knocks she assists national nonprofit organizations and recruitment agencies connect with talented, qualified nonprofit professionals and HR management solutions. Chelle is active in her transitioning neighborhood association as well as local tennis associations. She is also a Board Member of ANP, Atlanta Nonprofit Professionals.

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Opportunity Knocks Launches Nonprofit HR Library





Opportunity Knocks has launched a Nonprofit HR Library to provide your organization with forms, procedures, checklists and business tools – all assembled in a convenient collection for you!

The Nonprofit HR Library has a depth of materials within categories including:

  • Compensation
  • Contingent Workforce
  • Employee Benefit Programs
  • Employee Conduct
  • Employment Status Requirements
  • Hiring Documents
  • Job Description and Analysis
  • Operations
  • Organizational Management
  • Payroll and Timekeeping
  • Performance Assessment and Management
  • Work Conditions and Safety
  • Workforce Reduction and Employee Termination

    Click here to view list of all 188 forms. Forms are available for purchase as PDF files for $99.


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    Top 25 Philanthropist





    With the recession squeezing donors and charities alike, ensuring that your giving really makes a difference is more important than ever, Barron’s reports. And to inspire others to do just that, the business publication has published a year-end list of the twenty-five “most effective” givers.

    Compiled in collaboration with the Global Philanthropy Group, a U.S.-based consulting firm that works with high-net-worth individuals, foundations, and corporations to design and implement leveraged philanthropic strategies, the list rates philanthropists from around the world based on such criteria as innovation, quality of alliances, and the extent to which their successful projects can be replicated. At the same time, Barron’s and GPG accorded special consideration to philanthropists working to address daunting social challenges and getting results.

    The list was topped by eBay alumni Pierre Omidyar and Jeff Skoll, both of whom focus their efforts on supporting and leveraging the work of social entrepreneurs, and includes the likes of Chris and Jamie Cooper-Hohn (no. 3), whose UK-based Children’s Investment Fund Foundation works to improve the lives of children living in poverty in developing countries; tech billionaire Thomas Siebel (no. 5), whose Meth Project, a large-scale prevention program aimed at reducing first-time meth use through public service messaging and community outreach, has achieved remarkable results; Bill and Melinda Gates (no. 7); Bill and Hillary Clinton (no. 13); George Soros (no. 19); Earvin “Magic” Johnson (no. 21), who has become the unofficial spokesman for people living with HIV/AIDS and, through his foundation, has provided free testing to more than 38,000 Americans in sixteen major cities; and David and Cheryl Duffield (no. 25), who have given $70 million to animal-welfare groups, veterinary establishments, and other groups, making them the most generous donors to animal rights.

    Alluding to the work of Omidyar and Skoll as well as others on the list, GPG chief operating officer Maggie Neilson said that the best philanthropic strategies have a ripple effect. “A key ingredient here is what we call connectivity,” said Neilson. “Does the cause the philanthropist supports have implications for other issues?”

    McGee, Suzanne. “The 25 Best Givers.” Barron’s 11/30/09.
    Source: PND

    Opportunity Knocks Calls for Nominations




    Opportunity Knocks announces that it is accepting nominations for the 3rd Annual Peoples Choice Best Nonprofit to Work for Awards. Winners will be selected by Opportunity Knocks from nominations held December 1 through January 15, 2010 based on employee submissions of a brief essay on why they consider their organization a great place to work.

    Nominators can take into consideration factors that are important to them such as, quality of work/life balance, their organizations’ adherence to its mission, comradery of employees, unique benefits, training programs and career paths.

    A total of fifteen (15) winners will be awarded based on three categories of operating budget size.

    Winners will be published in February 2010.

    More information can be found at http://content.opportunityknocks.org/best-nonprofit-to-work-for/.

    Link to nomination http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/N9PH7DZ

    About Opportunity Knocks: Opportunity Knocks is the national nonprofit Job Board, HR Resource and Career Development website exclusively on the nonprofit community. For Nonprofit professionals, www.OpportunityKnocks.org is the premier destination to find nonprofit jobs and access valuable resources for developing successful careers in the nonprofit community. For Employers, www.OpportunityKnocks.org is the best way to find qualified nonprofit candidates and receive valuable information that nonprofit organizations need when building successful recruitment, retention and human resource strategies.

    Contact: Lynne Norton, Marketing Manager, Opportunity Knocks, 678-916-3066 or lnorton@opportunityknocks.org


    Opportunity Knocks 3rd Annual Best Nonprofits To Work For Awards





    FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

    Call For Nominations:

    ATLANTA, Ga. / December 1, 2009 — Opportunity Knocks announces that it is accepting nominations for the 3rd Annual Peoples Choice Best Nonprofit to Work for Awards. Winners will be selected by Opportunity Knocks from nominations held December 1 through January 15, 2010 based on employee submissions of a brief essay on why they consider their organization a great place to work.

    Nominators can take into consideration factors that are important to them such as, quality of work/life balance, their organizations’ adherence to its mission, comradery of employees, unique benefits, training programs and career paths.

    A total of fifteen (15) winners will be awarded based on three categories of operating budget size.

    Winners will be published in February 2010.

    Past winners include: 100 Black Men of Atlanta, Inc., Breast Cancer Connections, Ella Baker Center for Human Rights, Open Books, ProCon.org, Center for Literacy, Homeless Prenatal Program, Indian Oaks Academy, Leukemia & Lymphoma Society Georgia Chapter, United Way of the Central Savannah River Area, Inc., Facing History and Ourselves, Family Planning Council, Hillcrest Family Services, The Doe Fund and World Wildlife Fund.

    More information can be found at http://content.opportunityknocks.org/best-nonprofit-to-work-for/.

    Link to nomination http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/N9PH7DZ

    About Opportunity Knocks: Opportunity Knocks is the national nonprofit Job Board, HR Resource and Career Development website exclusively on the nonprofit community. For Nonprofit professionals, www.OpportunityKnocks.org is the premier destination to find nonprofit jobs and access valuable resources for developing successful careers in the nonprofit community. For Employers, www.OpportunityKnocks.org is the best way to find qualified nonprofit candidates and receive valuable information that nonprofit organizations need when building successful recruitment, retention and human resource strategies.

    Contact: Lynne Norton, Marketing Manager, Opportunity Knocks, 678-916-3066 or lnorton@opportunityknocks.org


    Russian Leader Expresses Support for Nonprofits





    By CLIFFORD J. LEVY

    MOSCOW — President Dmitri A. Medvedev called Monday for tax incentives and other measures to assist Russia’s beleaguered nonprofit groups, which have come under government pressure in recent years.

    Russian human rights activist Svetlana Gannushkina gave President Dmitri A. Medvedev a portrait of slain activist Natalia Estemirova during a meeting at the Kremlin on Nov. 23. Related

    Mr. Medvedev, promoting policies that he hopes will modernize the country, said in a meeting with human rights advocates that new laws would not alleviate all the problems the groups faced, but that they would certainly help.

    “Our main goal is the support of the authority of nonprofit groups in society, and the attraction to this sector of more talented people and philanthropic resources,” Mr. Medvedev said. “We need to stimulate philanthropy and create a stimulus or a motivation for volunteers who toil for such organizations.”

    The government has sought in recent years to establish more control over nonprofit groups, especially those that receive foreign assistance. Mr. Medvedev’s mentor, Prime Minister Vladimir V. Putin, the former president, has at times portrayed the groups as little more than tools that the West uses to meddle in Russia’s affairs.

    Under Mr. Putin, the groups were subjected to new regulations, as well as increased scrutiny that they have sometimes characterized as harassment.

    Charities and other nonprofit groups have also not prospered in Russia because there is less of a tradition of giving here. In Soviet times, the Communist Party was supposed to take care of societal needs, so a philanthropic sector barely existed.

    And current tax regulations do not encourage charitable donations or charitable activity, as they do in many countries, including the United States.

    Since taking office last year, Mr. Medvedev has sought to reach out to nonprofit groups. He loosened the bureaucratic requirements that they face, which had been advocated by Mr. Putin. And on Monday, he indicated that the government would revamp tax and other laws, though he did not specify exactly how.

    Still, groups that carry out what ruling party officials may view as provocative work, like human rights or election monitoring, may continue to face pressure. While Mr. Medvedev has in recent months suggested that these groups need to thrive, their leaders have reported that at the grass roots, little if anything has changed.

    Source: New York Times


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